Brexit - am I stupid or what?

National service wasn`t such a bad idea

 

Sorry PeterS if I sounded a bit harsh. That wasn't my intention and was not aimed specifically at you.

When I was a young man, I was unemployed for a while. I also had the misfortune of living on a rather rough council estate. I made it my goal to get out of that situation because I saw other entire families that seemed to get stuck in a rut for multiple generations. I vowed that would not be me and I worked so hard to get out of it. And I did. I built a good career and a decent life.

But I remember the stigma. I was a young unemployed man living on a council estate. I experienced stereotyping all the time. I got randomly stopped and searched by police on a regular basis and was frequently spoken too like I was worthless scum. I was all too aware that people automatically distrusted me for no good reason other than that I was a young unemployed man from a council estate.

I was lucky. With good people around me and a huge amount of determination, I stayed good throughout. I never resorted to breaking the law. But I can tell you in all honesty that not a day went by when it didn't cross my mind that life might be easier if I just did what people expected of me, and just made my money by illegal means. I figured if people think that if me anyway, what have u got to lose? I can't lose their trust or respect. I didn't give in. But I knew people at the time that had similar thoughts and just went with it.

 

Oh I do that some weekends just for the hell of it

 

Huh, and I thought it was just me ...... actually there may be enough of us to form a club

 

That is when democracy becomes a synonym of hypocrisy
I recall being told once is it the minority who really hold the "power"; as the "Remainers" fall into the minority of *that* vote ... maybe their "power" should not be underestimated?
What it really boils down to is: those in Parliament will be treading a very fine line between personal (financial) self interest vs The People and potential political suicide. They would have to be pretty convincing orators to do that and remain in a position of power. Surely to Goodness they must have learned *something* about the common man in recent years not to take them for granted? Maybe they never learned: "The higher you climb; the harder you fall"? Or is it: "Never make money your God"?
Numpty Turnips the lot of them!

 

Resurrecting this,
Looking like the establishment will win at the end of the day.

I've said from way back, we will only leave the EU by name, but not in reality, the powers that be will never allow that to happen, too many out there that have something to lose and not prepared to take on a new challenge.

As with most things these days the minority will have the biggest say.

 

Pete , I think 99% of us have totally lost track of what is happening .
Please don't resurrect Brexit posts again, it brings on my heartburn

 

Well it still matters to me, but I see your problem.

 

I have to say it really matters to me as well. I get so angry about the ''news'' sometimes I have to switch it OFF.

 

Overdue

 

We hear a lot about how clever Boris is, under that stupid exterior, basically I think he is just that, a clown in waiting, but a prat that should be considered a liability.

I much prefer Moggy, he always seems to have a very good answer to any question that is thrown at him, and although he looks like something out of another time, he doesn't come over that way, when pressed.